>
> Bill [Hamilton] wrote,
>
> A more sobering thought: suppose they were _not_ wiped out. The
> implication would be that there were then, and perhaps are now, creatures
> walking around that are indistinguishable (to our senses) from human
> beings, but have no spiritual dimension. Implications like that can be
> (and perhaps have been) used to justify genocide, and that scares the
> daylights out of me.
> -------------------------------------------------
> This is indeed the view of several white supremicist groups--that there were
> other humans around (i.e., non-white races), but Adam was the first 'real'
> human (and was conveniently white). Consequently, they refer to blacks as
> 'mudmen' (but come to think of it, Biblically, Adam was the mudman!
>
I guess I'm missing something here, but it seems to me if this happened
millions of years ago then there's little chance of any pure-blooded
"spiritural" or "non-spiritual" folks being around now.
Bill Dozier
Scatterer at Large
dozier@radix.net